Expressway Stop, Argument With Brother: Cab Driver Recalls Siya Goyal's Actions Before Bali Trip
Expressway Stop, Argument With Brother: Cab Driver Recalls Siya Goyal's Actions Before Bali Trip Published By, Last Updated: June 29, 2026, 08:13 IST Cab driver's
Expressway Stop, Argument With Brother: Cab Driver Recalls Siya Goyal's Actions Before Bali Trip Published By, Last Updated: June 29, 2026, 08:13 IST Cab driver's account of a stop on the expressway before Ketan Agarwal's passport vanished, on the way to the Mumbai airport, has added a new dimension to the murder probe. File photos Ketan Agarwal/Siya Goyal/Chetan Chaudhary (Source: Social Media) The investigation into the murder of 26-year-old Ketan Agarwal has taken a fresh turn after the cab driver who ferried Ketan and his fiancée, Siya Goyal, to the Mumbai airport claimed that she asked him to stop on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway and opened the car’s boot shortly before Ketan’s passport was reported missing. The development has assumed significance as investigators probe the disappearance of Ketan’s passport before the couple’s planned visit to Bali for a pre-wedding photoshoot. The claims were made by cab driver Vaibhav Jadhav in an exclusive conversation with Aaj Tak. According to the report, Jadhav said he picked up the passengers from Pune at around 10 am. According to him, Siya initially refused to get into the cab and her brother, Sahil, forced her to sit inside the vehicle. The cab then reached Ravet, where Ketan boarded before the group proceeded towards the Mumbai airport. While travelling on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway, Siya asked the driver to stop at a food mall for tea, Jadhav claimed. According to the driver, around 10 minutes later, Siya returned to the vehicle and asked him to open the boot. “I opened the boot. She took out something from her purse from the boot area," Jadhav alleged, adding that he did not know what the item was. He said that after another 15 to 20 minutes, the passengers returned to the vehicle and the journey resumed.
Jadhav further claimed that Siya and her brother Sahil argued throughout the drive from Pune to Ravet, before Ketan joined the journey. The driver was further quoted as saying that he dropped all three passengers at the Mumbai airport. About two minutes later, he received a call informing him that a small bag had been left behind in the cab. He said he had driven around 200 metres before returning and handing over the bag. The driver alleged that after driving another 500 metres, he received another call claiming that Ketan’s passport had been left inside the cab. “I had already checked the vehicle and told them the passport was not inside," Jadhav said. He further claimed that he was then asked to make a video call so the passengers could inspect the cab remotely. Even after showing the interior of the vehicle, the passport could not be found. According to Jadhav, he was later asked to return to the airport, where Sahil and Ketan searched the cab themselves. Despite a physical search of the vehicle, the passport was still not located, he claimed. PASSPORT EPISODE ALREADY UNDER POLICE SCANNER The missing passport derailed the couple’s planned pre-wedding photoshoot in Bali. Ketan’s father had earlier alleged that Siya deliberately hid the passport to sabotage the trip. Police were also investigating whether this was one of several alleged attempts to target Ketan before his death. Investigators further allege that Siya had made an earlier attempt on Ketan’s life at Lohagad Fort on June 14. According to the police, she allegedly pushed him near a cliff edge, but he managed to save himself by grabbing onto a bush. To avoid suspicion, she allegedly screamed about spotting a snake before hugging him, creating the impression that she was trying to protect him.
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